Expanding my horizons

Thanks to my awesome partner, he has expanded my horizons, and we are discussing a Christmas Euro vacation. It saddens me I may not be with fmaily, but the thought of spending Christmas in a cute little German or French village sounds amazing and quaint.

I also would love to be en Espana durante that time.



I listen to this song about a dozen times a year - even when it is not Christmas. I'm on round 3 of it so far tonight.

No bueno!

Hace calor!

Giving So Cali some love

Great weekend, as always!

Friday @ 11a.m.
- Met at Mike's
- he canceled his afternoon calls to meet with his new coworker who needed some training help
- we drive down to Laguna Beach
- walk to a ritzy hotel on the water for drinks
- we decide not to do lunch there since it was too unhip
- Mike drinks a bloody mary
- I order a sangria with fruit and his coworker follows
- she was such a sweetie - very well versed and knowledgeable, fun party type too
- Mike fills her in on company policies and procedures
- she paid for us since it was a company lunch/expense
- Mike informed me this is why I need to go to all of his business lunches... lol
- we go across the street to Watercress (I think that's the name) for a trendy lunch
- we share ahi tuna and watermelon skewers, and our respective salads
- I eat a warmed shrimp salad
- the business started here and Mike helped her with some database stuff
- sit there for a few hours while they work and she wanted to treat me to dessert for being soooo good
- she tries to help Mike and I find a hotel for a romantic weekend
- We decide on the hotel down the street from the restaurant
- go to the hotel about 3:30 and turn on the tv
- watch "Old Christine"
- we both fell asleep until about 6 cuddled, him holding me in his arms
- woke up and got ready
- Walked to a Belgian restaurant called Brussels Bistro
- the waiter from there was our water earlier who described every succulent dish with great detail
- I heard the descriptions of how he described a paella to a party a few tables away, turn around, take a look, take a second look, then tell Mike
- He laughs in amusement
- He asks our waiter if was the same guy worked at the restaurant we were at earlier- he said yes
- walk all around Laguna and walk along the beach - lots of talk about cupcakes, good foods, and family
- go to the movies to see the mediocre "PAUL"
- out of the movies about midnight - walk along the streets back to hotel
- we both make out and more ensues... we were both very horny

SATURDAY
- woke up about 9
- went to the bakery down the street for disappointing scones
- go back to hotel and head out
- we drive down PCH to Dana Point
- see Mike's favorite restaurant on the water in Dana Point
- Continue driving on the 5 south past San Onofre and we give our assessments to each other about the state of the nuclear plant, earthquakes, and the ocean
- before we know it we are in San Diego - he asks me where I frequent in SD and I tell him (Hillcrest, Fashion Valley, Mission Valley, etc.)
- We go to Coronado Island - I had never been and Mike was surprised
- Walk around Hotel Del Coronado and get a drink in the bar
- I have a Red Trailer Ale or something
- We only spend an hour there since parking was $3 an hour
- I got the parking and Mike got the overpriced drinks
- Drive back to his place
- Mike asks if the 5N hits the 10 and I tell him it does
- As we're driving up the 5, he corrects himself and says the 15
- I said we were going the wrong way, but take the 78 and it cuts over
- I told him he needed to be specific on his freeway choices and I wasn't lying the 5 does hit the 10, but would be an extra hour + to go that way
- Stop in Vista for Target bathroom pitstop and Famous Footwear
- Mike gets some shoes at Famous Footwear perfect for summer... some blue Converse
- Mike said no to me getting a pair of red Levis shoes that were comparable to the Vans Casuals except that they were an ugly red
- He said any other red would have been fine
- The shoes were only $15
- Mike said if we fooled around enough we could make it to the nice hotel in my city for appetizers
- We get to the hotel and sit at the bar- the stools are too high, but we move around and find a nice spot
- Order yummy ahi tuna pizza, onion rings, and a nice glass of white wine
- Mike reads a story about a possible Cali earthquake this week and I tell my extreme fear of earthquakes... he laughs... he eggs me on and I play it up... but seriously... earthquakes scare me to no end regardless of size
- back at Mike's we catch up on American Idol and give our commentary
- We go to bed about 12

SUNDAY
- woke up and played around
- shower
- Mike makes us breakfast of toast and eggs
- we watch a couple other DVR shows
- About 1:30 Mike suggests we head out to get lunch
- We go to a Chinese restaurant that was old looking and reminded him of the east coast Chinese restaurants
- He deemed the food as perfect for a lunch and dinner menu
- wonton soup, tea, eggroll, rice, and main course - just like Chinese restaurants should be
- Mike pays since I got dinner at the hotel last night
- Stop at Big Lots and Target
- In Target he gets "Edward Scissorhands"
- Back to his place we put the BluRay in and it has no English volume
- Mike does a firmware update and some investigating online to find he didn't have some option on the TV causing an error
- whodathunk the error with the disk?
- I get to experience Edward Scissorhands and Mike scans all of his documents in the computer for his taxes... he's so organized
- We also watch "Mars Attacks"
- Mike makes us dinner while "Mars Attacks" is on
- makes a tomato and mushroom sauce for ravioli and a glass of white wine.... yum
- We watch Real Housewives of OC
- He talks about the excessive product placement
- Also mentions how the OC housewives bought their cars at a USED car dealer... whodathunk?
- I tell Mike I'm amazed by his knowledge of the OC and that brought the show to life, but saddened and shattered my views of living large in the OC
- He laughed
- Watch What Happens Live on Bravo
- Bed about 12am

MONDAY
- Woke up about 6:40- managed to sleep through night
- 7am alarm goes off
- Mike checks his flight info
- shower
- Mike suggests McDonalds for breakfast, so we go to the one in the next city over instead of the one by his house
- I buy breakfast
- Mike warns me to not use elevators this week
- I tell him I had no plans and was planning on sleeping outside too so that the house won't cave in on me
- back at Mike's place he puts collars on his cats with nametags
- I joked at his earthquake preparation
- He said that was in case of any emergency while he is away - I said it was earthquake prep and he relented and acknowledged it was
- play with ihs cat while he packs
- Mike tells me bye and warns me to stay out of elevators... I told him to stop rubbing it in
- Get gas at 7-11... ugh... I hate 7-11 gas, but my light was on
- already not getting great mileage
- $3.94 a gallon is so not the biz
- home by 11
- Talk to mom and tell her about my adventures
- We go to Costco and Olive Garden
- I treat my mom to Olive Garden
- Talk about my masters thesis and my sister's tantrums over the weekend
- My mom made chicken and baked potatoes for dinner
- I'm headed off to school now...

What are you doing this weekend?

Thursday

Mike and I had plans to hang out Thursday night, and that we did. We went to Pancho Villa's that we had thought about the other day. We have a little bit of a hard time getting there. I knew the way, that wasn't the issue, but the street that it was on was located on both sides of the freeway, and so I didn't know exactly, but thought I did. We got it all solved. He told me what a bad navigator I was, but I used my phone to prove to him I knew what I was talking about. At the restaurant we order a bunch of appetizers- ceviche, avocado salad, y enchiladas. I make fun of Mike for his inability to pronounce words like aguacate, or avacado y even enchiladas. We watch the mariachis perform at the different tables and he is glad they don't come to serenade us. While there we talk for the greater part of 3 hours about teachers. He told me about the "Finding Superman" movie that he watched, we talked about teaching, bad teachers, good teachers, the teacher's union, Michelle Rhee, and we are on opposite sides of the spectrum on most things, but he understood my concerns, and he was glad that I am not going into teaching for the wrong reasons. He was impressed at my knowledge of some of the issues. Overall, while the conversation pissed me off and made me sad, it was nice that at the end we reached common ground and he knows I am in teaching for the right reasons. I still question daily why I am going into teaching. I would love to go into the business world, somewhere, something, where I can learn/use a new set of skills.

Mike asked me what I had planned for this weekend again. He actually texted me Tuesday night when I was in class asking if I had class next week and whether I had a break. He wanted to do a roadtrip or take me along on his business trip this weekend. He has to go up to San Jose today, Sunday, and wanted to go up there Sunday-Tuesday with me. I wish I had a week off. I'm mad that I don't. Damn new school schedule with back to back classes and no break. Damn Monday night classes.

We go back to his house and watch American Idol and a couple talk shows on his Tivo. While we were sitting on our respective couches I got a text from Linda about 11:30 telling me that she got a text from a teacher that wanted my sub number so she could request me since her mom was rushed to the hospital. I texted Linda and then called into the system to get the job. Mike and I watched TV until midnight and I told him that I could either take off, otherwise he might hate me for having to wake up at 6:45 to get to work on time. He said it wasn't a problem. I said that as long as he wouldn't hate me I'd stay the night. He said he had to get up at 7. We go into his room and watch "The Nanny," or something like that on TV until we fell asleep. I didn't sleep well that night.

Friday

We woke up at 6:45 to my alarm. My alarm sound was the ringtone on his iPhone, which was funny. I throw on clothes and head out of the house about 6:51. I stop at Jack in the Box on the way to work. I made excellent time. It only took me 20 minutes to go 21 miles. I made better time than I usually do on my way to work.

I have a great day at work and the classes are good.

Mike texts me about 3:30 as I am at the post office getting the mail asking if I'm coming around that night. I told him I would. I go home, shower, change clothes, and set up Netflix for my parents on the Apple TV. I drive to his house and get there about 5:30. Mike is on the computer looking for memory for his computer. Amazon, Best Buy, and Staples have poor memory search sites, so he tries Fry's. Fry's has it. He asks if I know how to get to Fry's, and whether City of Industry is closer than Anaheim. I said it may be, at least with traffic on a Friday night, City of Industry would be better because of the number of freeways we have that we could take home. We drive over to Industry and make fun of the name of the city. We talk about all sorts of things in the car like work, school, and my sister. He thinks I'm too hard on my sister. We also talk about the new Southwest Rapid Rewards program, which I don't like. He likes it because he is a last minute traveler who always books in the business class, so for him he will earn tons of rewards. For me, based on the new program it will mean that I have to use my Southwest Credit Card in most places like when I dine out to earn a trip a year to a destination I want to go. Prior I had no problem accumulating flights.

We go into Fry's and get the memory, then walk around, and in line search for a restaurant. He stumbles upon an expensive French restaurant in Whittier that he thinks we should try. We struggle with the poor reception on our phone to get directions to the restaurant. We wonder how standing next to each other he tends to have better reception than me. We enjoy Whittier. It had some really nice houses and trees, and an old charm to it. We have a hard time finding the restaurant in their little downtown area, so drive around a couple times.



We go to a French Cafe that he gets reservations on Open Table for. It was cool to go to the table and see the reserved placard on it. We debate over appetizers or meals. We are a little bothered that the price range opentable said was not true. Entrees were $20+ a piece. He chooses a shallot thing and I choose the pork chop with apricot sauce. The apricot sauce was not my favorite because I don't like sweet on my meat. Sorry. He keeps encouraging me to gnaw on the bone and get all the meat off of it. I tell him that my dogs are for that. We do dessert too, which is the best part of the meal. I get the apple tart, which we have to wait 15 minutes extra for. The coffee he orders with dessert is cold and he isn't happy since he doesn't do cold coffee. I don't recall what the conversation was about in the restaurant, but I do remember a little about the eccentric people we saw, how Whittier is definitely a place we should return to, the things we could have done in San Jose, and his interesting coworkers. We talk about how much Mike makes in a year. He gets excellent money for what he does and how money is never an issue for him. It makes me kind of sad it'll take me 2 years or so of work to make what he does in a year when I start out in my career.

We drive back to his place and are surprised how his navigation system routes us. It routes us around a few accidents on the 10 and 210. We hit some heavy fog on the 15 going back to his house.

I fall asleep while he puts "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" on Netflix. I am asleep within probably the first 20 minutes. It is midnight. I wake up in the last 10 minutes of the show and joke that I think I got the show after I heard the line about how she was afraid she couldn't get pregnant and I hear about how I did not miss anything.

We make our way into bed about 12:40 and go to bed.

Saturday

Mike and I play around- we cuddle and he sucks me off. We get up, shower, and then he tells me he needs to get his rental car. We are amazed how hail is coming down in buckets outside. It is absolutely pouring. No snow like the weathercasters predicted. We go to the airport for the car and he says we will spend the day out somewhere. I suggest LA. I drive him to the airport and we leave my car at the mall. We cruise to LA in his rented Ford Taurus, which for being such an expensive car is lacking in some features and has an uncomfortable center console that really makes the car feel confined, and we hypothesized for anyone who was heavyset that it would be an issue. He didn't look bad in the Taurus let me say... lol. We go to Olvera Street in Los Angeles.

We walk around Olvera Street and he deems he needs a margarita. I tell him 2 of the ok restaurants, but both of those don't serve alcohol and don't have outdoor seating. We settle on the expensive one, La Golondrina. The margaritas were good, but $12. The meal was about $80 for the 2 of us, so we deem it a tourist trap. I joke how we should have gone over to East LA to El Tepeyac or something just down the street where we could get cheap and authentic food. He gets the enchiladas de mariscos, pero he couldn't pronounce mariscos. Boo. We share ceviche and I get the enchilada plate. I tell him about the history of Olvera Street. As I'm doing that he stops me and tells me I have one thing that really bugs him. I say the same thing over and over in conversation and probably don't realize it. He asked me if I knew what it was. I told him no. He said I always say, "AND EVERYTHING." I chuckled. I never would have guessed that. I don't recall, but he said I insert that into conversation when it isn't necessary. I told him I didn't think so. He told me to listen and I told him I know I'll start picking up on it because he pointed it out. He told me his phrase is during trainings where he says "best practice says," and I made fun of him for sounding like a training manual, and how he probably doesn't have any fact behind the best practice. He said he has a coworker who says "like" constantly. He told me his friend Candy always was written up in her reviews for always saying, "so basically." I told him at work the kids would probably say the thing I say over and over is "you think?" We ate and decided to split the bill, then walk around Olvera, and I almost said "and everything" again in conversation but I say something just slightly different. He starts laughing and I hit him a few times playfully. He decides he doesn't want to venture over to Chinatown since it is too authentic for him, so we head out.

He has me google a few places to possibly visit, and he looks up places. He looks up cafes and I look up the train museum from "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS. We drive over through the Fairfax District, WEHO, and Beverly Hills to some cafe just off of Rodeo DRive that he saw on the show. He was surprised it wasn't busy. We drive down Wilshire and there is a protest for Libya in front of the LA County Cemetery that is really holding up traffic- it takes us 30 minutes or so to go down Wilshire. We go into Brentwood for Pinkberry. We head to the train museum, which is somewhere near Griffith Park. We get to it and discover it closed at 5. It was 5:15. We decide to go to the Griffith Observatory since we both had never been. We drive up and admire the views. We talk about things we had seen at the Greek Theater. Then we see how crowded it is, but also because it was raining and it would be hard to see the clouds it was definitely a weekday thing. We decide to head back to get my car and he is tickling me a good part of the time. We are listening to 971 AMP Radio as we drive. He drops me off to the mall to get my car and we agree to meet back at his house.

Back at his house we watch "Old Christine" and he packs. I start to watch "Bi the Way," while he packs, but realize it is kind of blah. It doesn't give much fact about bisexualism, which is what I was hoping for. I turn it off when he is done and then we watch "Old Christine." He microwaves some fries and we snack on those with barbecue sauce and ketchup.

About 10:30 we head to bed because he has to get up early.

Sunday

We woke up at 6:30 and make out. He gets up and says that he wants a later flight because 6:30 is too early. All the later flights were booked, so he gets up and showers. I shower after him. He finishes his packing and then we head outside. It is 30 out. There is ice on his rental and ice on my windshield- thankfully not a thick layer that I just run the windshield wipers and spray the windshield wiper fluid to clear it. It is 30 out. My car said icy all the way home.

I got home about 8:10 and stopped at McDonalds for breakfast for the family to let them know I still care about them since it had been so long since we'd seen each other... lol.

Loving this rain

Almost nonstop rain in So Cal since last Friday- LOVE IT!

Here's some views from today. Sadly, today is the last day.

They say this is the most rain we have received in 10 years. I have heard we received 4 inches yesterday alone.

Lots of flooding throughout my city- a bridge for a major thoroughfare was washed out, several intersections completely submerged by water, a few lowpoints under bridges in our city were flooded lots of mud flow. Lots of new potholes on California's already bad roads, a major interchange closed due to falling concrete from the connector roads.

Toda la drama Thanksgiving Edición

I'm home safe and sound from Orlando. I had such a wonderful time! I will definitely debrief about Orlando and post some pics, but let's talk about Thanksgiving.

Dinner at my aunt's sister's daughter's house. One of those warped family relations... lol.

2 cousins, both sisters, were arguing nonstop as they were preparing dinner about where this was, how to arrange this, what to do with that, and it got pretty heated. Every sentence ended in the word bitch I'm pretty sure. 10 minutes later they were best friends.

As we sat down to dinner all was well.

After dinner another cousin, one of the cousins mentioned above's daughters ran into a tree with her mom's monster SUV and nearly took out another cousin's car. This girl just got her license 2 months ago and thought she could weave around parked cars. Thankfully I was smart and parked on the other side so my mom's new car was safe. There was just a ding to bumper of the SUV and the tree was a small pine that was a total loss. The pine tree had about a 3'' circumference trunk. Another cousin, a police officer, ran out after her, flagged her down, and took the keys away as she tried backing down the street because she thought it was safer than driving forwards. Her mom just screamed and said that she can get 1 break since she's only had her license 2 months.

Lots of drama over how to do Christmas. Traditionally there are about 30 of us and everyone gets a gift from everyone, so there was some controversy over whether to continue that with the economy. It was about half and half, lots of yelling. In the end we're going to try Secret Santa and see how that goes. Lots of ruffled feathers STILL. I got the hardest person to shop for, by the way, one of the boys who I may have a 3-4 line conversation with every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. My mom got the easiest person to buy for.

Oh, and my sister's Imaginary Boytoy's little cousin died. Sister got a call shortly after we finished eating and she ran out of the main room with her eyes filled of tears bawling. She was very defensive and bitchy the rest of the night. I never saw her take the call or anything. All I know is that everyone had to calm her mass hysterics. They did that for a few minutes and then just kind of let my sister be. Thank goodness. And you know what, it pissed me off more than anything. She doesn't shed a tear when anyone else dies/is hurt, and suddenly such a distant person, and the world is going to end? Please... Oh, and then about 30 minutes before we took off the boy was alive, suddenly living, yet had a reaction to something at dinner? Ok...

Oh, and I had the best time with my Cousin M, she was hilarious. After the sister and her boyfriend's cousin incident she said, "Mike, why doesn't your sister ever bring her boyfriend, she always talks about him, we need to meet him." I said, "I know, you guys should, in fact I should get to too." She laughed, and I said I call him the Imaginary Boytoy because she never goes out with him, she stays at home all the time. She laughed and told me how hilarious that was. I've only seen my sister and her boyfriend once...

But overall it was really fun sitting around talking. The crazy part is after each incident everything went back to being completely normal. Everyone was friends. Whatever had happened had been forgotten. There were 25 of us at the start of dinner, but then there were 34 people by a couple hours after dinner when random friends of the family trickle in who don't have family and stuff like that.

It was COLD here- 60 degrees for a change- but windy. The windy part I could have lived without, but it kept most of us indoors. It was really nice to just sit around and go from group to group chatting with everyone since it was too cold to go outside

Still here

Busy week- No work, just taking care of business. Applied to credentialing programs, got my graduation announcements, caught up on lots of homework.

Haven't talked to Carl. He did send me a message to let me know that I am no longer on his top 4 on his myspace. I'm not even in his top 8, 16, or 24. I'm #48. I'm broken, as you can tell. Ooh. Big loss. There goes my ego.

Well, while that friendship may have fizzled out, I have been chatting with Dennis a lot lately. He wants to go that club Carl and I had gone to. He also was opening up to me about guys he likes, which was cool, since he is such a private person.

I have continued chatting with texting hottie. He was on the computer the other night, then sent me photos of a snake he caught, and I totally freaked out on him, in a good way, though, telling him how I was afraid of snakes. I'm going to ask him next week if he wants to do something next weekend.

And of course, The Guy continues to be amazing and I'm thankful for his friendship. I had a health scare this week, and he was there through phone calls and text supporting me. It is so easy to talk to him, and I'm thankful that he has sort of the "been there, done that" mentality, and is so easy going that makes it easy to talk to him. I'm ok, btw!

As I said, no work this week unfortunately. I was annoyed this morning. By 8:15 this morning the house phone had rang 5 times and I wasn't going to sit around playing secretary all day. I called up my friend Mike and asked if he wanted to meet in 45 minutes, we were going to Disneyland. He said as long as we're home by 4p.m. for him to take off to his class. We went to Disneyland/Cali Adventure. The longest line was Space Mountain at 25 minutes. The weather, this overcast stuff, was perfect. We got on 8 rides in 5 hours (Buzz Lightyear, Soaring Over California, California Screamin', Star Tours, Buzz in Disneyland, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, and Mark Twain). It took 65 minutes to make it back to the IE, but only 40 minutes to get there this morning.

A photo essay of my day

I LOVE EXPLORING. What better day to do it than today. I had to go to the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in LA for the Dan Graham art show they had. It is for my contemporary art class I'm taking. I really like contemporary art because it is so open to interpretation, it deals with current themes (war, social injustice, etc.) a lot of the stuff deals with pop culture, and that's something I love. I really enjoyed the Graham exhibit.

So after spending a little over an hour there with my class I took off and wandered Downtown LA. I love exploring. I love getting lost. I love having my camera phone with me.

The MOCA is across the street from the Disney Concert Hall (the shiny building) and can be quite blinding when driving by it.
After photographing it, I walked down to the LA Times Building.
I walked through Pershing Square.
Saw the Angels Flight Tram Cars, which are still not open. I didn't recall them just being RIGHT THERE. I remember seeing them when I was VERY little and went to the Bonaventure Hotel with my parents for a party my mom attended.
Walked through the jewelry district and the Fashion District (Santee Alley). The number of purse vendors didn't surprise me, but the number of wedding/formal wear vendors did.
Went to the Macys Building and bought a few shirts at Macys. I was tempted to buy some Papi underwear, but couldn't imagine it; how would does a white guy like me fit into the Papi image? When I think of Papi I think of a cute latino guy.
Also went to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Store where I bought some shirts for my cousin for $5 a piece. I emailed her photos and she liked them.

I loved just snapping photographs and I love how LA clearly marks with signs the way to the Fashion District and all the other touristy things. I had my phone with me and the maps also marked the stuff. Not knowing where all the good shopping was I used the "iWant" feature on my phone and it has such a cool feature that you can pull up the wikipedia for historical landmarks in the area. OMG. LOVED THAT. I don't know where this feature was when I was in Seattle, but I was quite the nerd pulling out my phone looking for places to shop and reading the wikipedias of things like the US Bank Building in Downtown LA.

And another thing? There were so many people out. I loved that. I actually got to use some of my Spanish. There was a young latino guy who saw me standing, looking on my phone. He was waiting for a bus. He asked me if I was lost. I told him I wasn't, but I was looking for a good place to shop. He told me that the Ed Hardy Store in the Fashion District was the place to be.

And it was 88 degrees according to my phone in Downtown LA. I got some much needed sun.

I stopped at my parents and my favorite burger stop in LA on the way home. I picked up burgers for the family. SOOOO GOOD!!! I was hoping to make it home in an hour so they'd still be somewhat warm... hopefully? But no, from Lorena in East LA on the 60, all the way out to the 71 in Diamond Bar (20 miles or so?) I did 35mph. It took 90 minutes to get home, which isn't unusual. The Guy was on the 210 leaving Pasadena and he was also stuck in 35mph traffic and we were wondering where everyone was going, certainly not out to the IE.

The drive home was also fun, when I wasn't on my phone I was listening to the radio and KEARTH 101 has a lost hits weekend (pre-1964 oldies), which was actually really good. I heard Sam Cooke, The 4 Seasons, and a bunch of others.

Coming home I chatted with The Guy and told him about the Carl thing. He asked if I was going to go to the bar I've been going to with Carl tonight. I told him the whole thing. The whole wanting me to be his everything, then how I was so accommodating about the Disneyland thing. He told me that was "beautiful, really beautiful." He sounded like he was going to cry. He told me how it shows what a nice person I am, how I was so accommodating, something came up, I didn't back out and I was continuing with my promise. He told me that's why I'm such a good friend and he values me. He still sounded on the verge of tears. It felt so good to hear that from him and the validation and that basically it is Carl's fault, him being inflexible.

And without further adieu, here's a look at my day. Enjoy!
Oh, and check out all of the links... lots of fun reads

Fabric for sale at $0.99 a yard in the Fashion District- there were lots of fabric stores

A VERY blue building

The US Bank Building/ Library Tower (what I call it)

Angels Flight Rail Cars

Disney Concert Hall

That concert the other night

The concert the other night at my school was HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. Ryan didn't go. Dennis didn't invite Ryan like he said he was going to. Dennis doesn't like big group outings. Dennis is very introverted and more than 2 is a big group. We met up at 7:30 and had to wait 25 minutes in the line to enter. We stood in line talking about school. Mainly my graduation plans and what I want to do. We entered the concert and maybe 10 people were dancing in the dance tent. We walk around the area talking about school, work, and teaching. Then the concert starts at 8:15 with Circa Survive and well, Dennis and I just huddled around watching. When they said we need people to clap, etc. I did that and made a fool of myself mainly to see if Dennis would loosen up. He didn't really. He just kind of stood and swayed back and forth.

So here's a rundown bullet style:
- Nasty mud- it poured and the rain just made everything worse
- You can see the pics below of what we were standing in- shot these photos today, but it was very similar Saturday night
- People were tripping in the mud, losing shoes in the mud
- Whatever some of those people were smoking was nasty. There was a girl blowing her nasty ass smoke that smelled like tire tread into my neck
- Circa Survive's lead singer said FUCK every other word
- She Wants Revenge was boring
- N*E*R*D* was more or less better than the rest
- Yes... I saw Ferrell
- Um... there were some drunk ass people... there was an asian girl so drunk she had her pants pulled down and was peeing standing up, in the rain, in front of everyone, and nobody cared
- Dennis did loosen up a little bit and swayed back and forth

Shopping with Gonzo again

Gonzo and I went to Victoria Gardens today. It was so nice. It was cool because of the heavy mist. We were nice and bundled up. It was a lot of fun. We met up at the gym at 10a.m., then drove over.

"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran


On the way over she was telling me who she thought was hot in high school because the topic of friends came up. At first I was like "so do I say the guys who were hot?" Well, I gave her a mix. I told her the hot girls- Elizabeth, Becki, and a few others. She didn't think they were hot and didn't know a couple of the girls I mentioned. Then I mentioned the guys like Ryan L, Kyle, and Ray. The 3 of them were football players and all 3 of them are gay. The 3 of them didn't come out in high school- at least not to my knowledge (if so, it was on the downlow), but their myspaces all confirm it now. They were super hot and I told her. Ryan shocked Gonzo and she said "no, he's such an ass, no he's not, not, no you're kidding, WOW," and I kept saying NOOOo it is true and asking me if I was serious. Ryan? Ryan? Ryan? Ryan? MIKE, RYAN? Yes Gonzo, Ryan. Um... he never dated in high school. Folks, I have checked myspace and facebook. I had a friend search facebook for me who goes to his school. Kyle made Gonzo laugh saying how he is the biggest sweetheart and he didn't seem gay. I forwarded her the link to his myspace to check it out and a couple of photos of his boyfriend on myspace just to confirm it to her. Then Ray came up and she remembered Ray (mentioned as football player in this post) because I told her that he was the night I came out to her. Natalie, the big overly-friendly lesbian came up. Natalie always used to touch everyone and Gonzo reached over and touched me on the chest like she said Natalie did to her one day at lunch senior year; this was weird in that it was the first time Gonzo has ever touched me- she's not really the affectionate/touchy type like that, so for Gonzo to do that struck me as weird. We counted how many confirmed gay guys there are from our graduating class of 580 that we know of and came up with about 10- about 2% of our graduating class. She told me how she loves her gay friends to death, like myself. We talked about how we were both losers in high school for not dating or anything like that.

We talked about a new tutor at work who gave me the impression he was gay by the way he was acting the other day. Gonzo didn't believe me, but I told her to watch him and she said she will. She told me a new tutor Mari says that she wants to get to know me better. Gonzo was supposed to keep this a secret, but Gonzo couldn't. Gonzo and Mari were talking the other day and Mari told Gonzo that I come across as the biggest sweetheart and she LIKES me like that. Gonzo didn't let her in on a little secret.

Gonzo and I mainly window shopped. She bought a shirt in Forever 21 and in there I started feeling guilty about not buying my sister a Christmas gift. They have lots of cute clothes (that she'd never wear), but even though she has treated me so bad I feel sorry about not. I talked to Gonzo about that and she sided with me that buying a gift for her is not obligatory, she has done nothing to earn it, and gifts are bought out of love. I haven't told my parents or anything yet- I'm just going to hope nobody notices when we're unwrapping gifts. I don't think it'll be a big deal. This did bring on some anxiety though, and worry. I'm sticking to my guns on this one though. My sister harassing and trying to make me feel guilty about going shopping (even though I didn't buy anything) reinforced my thoughts on this one.

Gonzo and I sang lots of 80s on the way there and back. I joked that she's the only Mexican I know who is so into the 80s. We sang some Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, and more. She is going to add 1043 MYFM to her radio presets because we need more radio stations in common. Christmas Carols were playing throughout Victoria Gardens in the stores, outside, and as well in my car. Gonzo was singing to them and I was too. She sang "Holly Jolly Christmas," "Silent Night," and "Feliz Navidad." She doesn't know all the words to "Silent Night" and so she sang "Silent Night, holy night, all is calm, all is gone, round the dum dum dum dum dun dun."



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Well guys, I think my sister deserved the icy windshield

I laughed at your comments about me getting back at my sister by putting cold water on her windshield and letting it ice up.

Get this:
3:40a.m. this morning my phone vibrates. I get up to check it and see it is Jenn who texted me. She forwarded me a text that Mike sent (the one my sister texted) whom she told she was glad he lost his job. He said "im having a x-mas party fri night. don't tell mike. mike is a liar. mike is not a friend. just dont let him know." I waited until 5:30 to text Jenn and thank her. She wanted to show me, but also ask what was going on. I just told her "thanks, Mike and I are having an argument... no biggie." But from 3:40 on this morning my stomach was in such a knot. I felt humiliated that Mike would act so juvenilely, texting all of our friends. I am sure Randy, Mike, Alex, my ex'es, and 4-5 other friends have heard/received that text at least. He would have been a much bigger man to say just not invite me, or say "look man, I'm still upset and am not inviting you." I really feel like and am sure I have lost most of my good high school friends that I associate(d) with quite a bit prior to this. I lay crying until it was time to wake up.

I was going to go to the high school, but I knew I couldn't show my face to Gonzo or Darla. I would have broke down. I had a sub job to sub for band today. I had an easy day freezing my ass off while the kids spray painted their flutes they made earlier in the week. The cold and necessity to monitor the kids constantly kept my mind off of the whole thing. At lunch my mom and Linda asked me what was going on. I said there wasn't a problem and I was having a good day because the students have been pretty well behaved given that it was the last day before break.

On the way home I told my mom what happened and she was upset and defended me; despite the fact it would do no good. We have to hide it from my dad for the time-being.

I go to LA Fitness tonight to workout and use some of my anger at the gym beating myself up. I am about a mile away and I realize Gonzo is working. I was about to turn around and go back home where my sister is, but decide to go. Gonzo has never seen me cry. I decide to put on my best face and walk in. I try to smile and she waves and smiles. She says hello and the words don't come out. I whisper "hello." She quickly adjusts her expression and asks what is going on. I said "nothing" and went to work out. Her texts come and she asks what's going on. I hint around the bush that it was my sister's texts coming back to get me again. We chat some more and the The Guy calls. I debated taking his call. I have had a lump in my throat the other day and when he called I still did. He left me a voicemail just saying to defend myself and tell Mike that we were both victims and it has hurt both of us, but I hope he can forgive. I would have been ok if he had just not invited me because I understand he is hurt, but to go out of his way and involve other people, plus talk badly about me, two wrongs don't make a right etc. etc. Hung around for about an hour or so working out/texting Gonzo. Then as I leave I was able to muster up a "goodbye" and tell her how embarrassed I was about her seeing me like this.

Tonight I'm just still feeling really hurt, but I talked with a couple friends online who do not know Mike, so I'm doing ok. A part of me just feels hurt. Hurt about the childish games. Hurt about the way Mike is handling this. Hurt that Mike, Mike, and Steve probably aren't the great friends they seemed to be. Hurt about the way the other people are treating this and not contacting me to see what is going on. Lost in that I've completely lost most of my high school friends, and maybe it is time to sever these contacts, but these are the people I associate with here in my city.

Ice on the windshield

Mike, the Cali boy doesn't do that well. This morning Mike goes out to start my car and leave for work and notice the windshield is caked with a layer of ice. It was 31 degrees out in my portion of the IE. 1 degree below freezing. So Cali boy Mike had to scrape ice off the windshield this morning with his squeegee. Mike first had to find the squeegee. Mike's hands got cold. Mike let out a few expletives about how he is not meant for this. Mike cursed the weather because how often does this happen in Cali? Mike got in the car, drove about 6-7 minutes until the heater kicked in. Mike was a much happier camper by then. The car even told me it was cold and there was ice. All the way to work it said "DANGER ICY" in the little message center on the console.

In this time, Mike also had to be mean. Remember how mean Mike's sister was to him last week? Mike decided to turn the hose on, hose down her car, and because it was 31 degrees the water turned into ice. Mike's sister threw an even bigger fit from what he understands. She didn't have to leave for school until 8:30 leaving 2 1/2 nice hours for the water to stand and form into ice. Mike's sister was unsure about what to do and he heard stories at dinner about how she was just so upset about getting soaked with the hose trying to get the ice off of her car. Mike laughed and rejoiced in that his mission worked to ice his sister's windshield.

On another note, contrary to what it sounds Mike actually enjoys this weather. Mike loves the cold temps, the warm clothing, the holiday feeling.

Our friend, Dallas Raines (his real name)

Dallas, Dallas, Dallas? What am I going to do with you? You left Michelle and Ellen's curling iron alone for a change, which is a relief; but instead found your way to the hair dye? Dallas, this is just awful. You are not a blond... no it is not just the picture on my phone- I've looked on 3 different TV's in my house and his hair is very yellow on all of them (HD and non-HD). Dallas, that is just BAD. Please don't.



And while I'm picking a bone with Dallas about his hair, how about those temps? Riverside 98 tomorrow? Big Bear 76? Dallas? So much for fall...

For your info., I much prefer Garth Kemp also on ABC 7.

I made out in the middle of the ocean

I met date #2, Mike, again on Sunday. We talked Saturday night and he said for me to call him when I woke up. I did. He invited me down to his place to take his boat out to cruise Huntington, Balboa, and Newport. He is a total outdoors guy.

It was a beautiful day- not a cloud in the sky, probably about 75 degrees, sun shining brightly, all the beautiful beach front houses.

I get to his place and he is finishing hooking the boat up to the truck. It is a little 10 foot inflatable boat, but a fun little thing nonetheless. We drive down to Newport to the boat launch and he unhooks the boat and I help put it in the water. We cruise around the area and look at the houses. He asks me over and over if I was scared. I said no, but with his insistence of me being scared I said he was worrying me because maybe he had something planned- maybe like a Lacy and Scott Peterson thing in the middle of the ocean. He said nope and rubbed my leg to let me know it was alright. We cruised all around Newport and made our way far out into the ocean. He was playing around driving really fast or really slow to scare me. He asked where I wanted to go. I said I didn't know, so he gave me choices: near the harbor, idle out in the middle of the ocean, go near shore, or continue on out. I suggested we idle in the ocean. The surf was coming up and the waves were choppy, but that added to the experience. We let the waves push us around out there. He shuts off the engine and he sits down in the boat facing me with his legs hanging over the edge like mine already were. He rubbed my legs and I rubbed his. I only went as far as his thigh, but he soon had his hand in my board shorts reaching around. He found what he was looking for. I did some searching and he was hard, but nearly impossible to reach from where I was. We shift around a little and then he is on top of me wanting to make out. I lay back, grab his head, and we're going at it. We're rubbing each other's bodies in the process. It wasn't that comfortable, but boy was it fun, and I can now say I've made out in the middle of the ocean. The closest boat to us was probably 100 feet away, but him being a very straight, closeted guy was scared, so we started the engine back up. The Newport Police helicopter also flew above.

We turned around and he showed me some waterfront houses where they hang over the water and look like they could fall over the edge at any moment. He said we should take some time to stretch our legs. We cruise down to Balboa Island- it is like they say, an island in the middle of the ocean you need to take a ferry to get to. They had 3-4 cars at a time on the ferry to cross. I had never been to Balboa- only heard, and so to see this was exciting. We walk all around Balboa and he shows me where he used to live and we see all the touristy places in Balboa. There is a toe ring shop, which amuses me. We only stay for about 15 minutes because he is worried about bigger boats coming and wanting to dock where we're parked.

Back in the boat and we cruise around Balboa some more looking at the houses and looking at seals laying out on the back of the boats. We keep stopping and rowing around the really old boats that have seen better days and laughing at them. A lot of the boats it looked like people live on on a consistent basis.

Mike asked if I wanted to get a drink at a bar overlooking the water. I said sure. We pull up, dock the boat, and walk on the dock, which is swaying as we walk on it. I'm thinking I'm not intoxicated already. He orders the first round of drinks- he has a Coors and I have a Jack and coke. We stand around watching the people talk. It was probably 2p.m. and the bar was full. He talks about how he needs to become rich to get a yacht like some that are docked across from us in the boat storage area. He asks if I wanted another round, I said sure, and paid for our drinks this time. After 2 rounds of drinks we were ready to go. Getting back into the boat I felt a little tipsier than before. We cruise and see more seals laying on the back of boats. It is a lot of fun. There are also a lot of fish jumping out of the water. Mike talks about how he'd like to cruise around Long Beach like this since he has never done it, or the 30 miles or so to Catalina Island.

Going back to the Newport boat launch we're touching each other and talking about the houses on the water. We get back to shore, put the boat back on his hitch thing and then take off back to his place. We were out there for 5-6 hours and it was so fun! The car ride home we're talking about what we did out in the middle of the ocean and holding hands. He had said the other day when I talked to him on the phone he wished he grabbed my hand and held it on the way home from pizza the other night.

We clean the boat out with the hose, he unhitches the engine from it, and then we put the boat back on the hitch.

We go inside and talk about dinner. He said he'd tell me what was around here and so i named places that was sounding good. I mentioned Cocos, Rubys, Carrows, In-N-Out. In-N-Out was, so we went there. But first....

First we hugged each other, the hugging lead to us sitting on the couch making out, he was licking my neck and I was doing the same to him. Both of us were moaning. He had made sure the window was shut this time. We laid on the couch and he had his dick pressed up against my ass. He was simulating fucking me and said he wanted to feel what it felt like with his finger up there, but wanted to do it with a condom. This guy is ultimate Mr. Shy, so he doesn't have condoms and he even bought lube the other day, which he told me how nervous he was.

We get in the car and go to In-N-Out about 8p.m.. I pay for our burgers. I drive there and I give him some country music trivia- like Darius Rucker from Hootie and the Blowfish is now singing country and this has been a project in the works for him for 3-4 years. He was surprised. We go to Albertsons to rent a movie out of the $1.00 movie rental vending machine. I pick out Batman. Who knew it would be an anime Batman? No joke, it was terrible. We talked about getting condoms- since he was scared I did. I find them and they're under lock and key. Um... no... I wasn't going to have a clerk paged for me to buy condoms, so I walk outside to my car where he is waiting. He tells me there is a Chevron gas station in the parking lot and we drive over to it. I get out, go in, buy them, and no big deal. He was asking me if I was nervous and telling me again how scared he'd be. I said nope, because really I wasn't.


Darius Rucker- Don't Think I Don't Think About It (from Hootie and the Blowfish)

We eat the burgers and watch the Batman show. It was rotten. We stick it out a little bit and joke maybe it is going somewhere. It wasn't. He lays on me while we're on the couch and we make out. I rub his back while doing this. By now he was relaxed and ready for more. We took it to the bedroom where we laid down, I sucked his nipples, which really turned him on, then we jacked each other off. While we were jacking he got out a condom and tried fingering me. He kept asking me if it hurt and I said no- his fingers were nice and skinny... and we know I've had larger things up there... hey... I'm just saying... well... we know it is true... We shoot our loads, clean up with a towel, then I tell him I need to get going. We hug, kiss, and say goodbye. I left at 11 and got home at 12:15. All the way home I think about how I just made out in the ocean and isn't that slutty of me? It was hot, and sort of exotic.

It was going to be a workout

I called The Guy on Monday about the time I felt an anxiety attack come on. I feel lately as if I can stop the attacks if I am talking with a friend or something. So I called The Guy Monday as Zach was leaving his house from a quick visit. We talked about our days, then said we would hang out yesterday. He said I should come over after my class and we'd go work out. I called him after class yesterday and he said the plan was we'd have lunch, play some WOW, when it was cooler in the afternoon, we'd go workout.

I get to his place about 11:40a.m. and he is hungry. I'm not hungry, but I said I'd eat. He said he was busy playing in an instance and asked if I'd make the pasta and cut up the chicken. I did all of that and even served him a bowl. He said I did a "pretty good job," although he complained there was no chicken in the dish I served him. He sat, ate, and played.

We sit and he plays for a while. His friend Dan asks if I can play The Guy's mage and The Guy can be the tanker in WOW. I said ok and got on The Guy's laptop and we moved from the living room to office and played for a good 2-3 hours.

We took a break to unpack new drinking glasses The Guy ordered off the internet from cooking.com. We put those in the dishwasher, then talked about going to the gym, but he didn't feel up to it.

We sat around watching youtube videos about the iPhone, Zune, and stuff like that. Then we talked about going together Monday morning when there is less confusion to get our iPhones. Yes, I'm going to pay that ridiculous extra $30 a month, which doesn't include text messaging. Damn.

The Guy talks about going out to the jacuzzi and I said that sounded good. I was going to go in also, but just sat on the edge talking to him. We talked about lots of important things. He told me about how he has a hard time cutting cords in friendships, specifically one with a friend who he has tried to hang out with for the past 5 years, but has flaked on him. Then we talked about our families and money. Then we talked about me. I wanted to talk to The Guy about my future plans because he always gives a different perspective... so here I'm writing it down just because he said I should and I'll have it here to be reminded of it.

It would be a good idea to get my teaching credential, then teach for a couple years, working on an administrative degree at the same time. Once I have my credential move out of my house and rent a room or house. This brought up an issue in that my family and parents have always discouraged renting. I've been told once you can buy a house, buy a house, buy a house. So renting in my mind has pretty much been out of the question. Housing prices at the time that all of my plans come to fruition they are saying should be bottoming out, so it would be a great time to buy a house. The Guy wasn't convinced. The Guy and I talked about how I would really like to pursue something in my degree field and I brought up could benefit from my degree- I mentioned fast food headquarters, department stores, some of the opportunities and jobs I've read about online, and stuff like that. He said that my eyes really lit up when talking about that and he thinks I should pursue that, but for right now the teaching credential would be a good way to ensure stability. Another thing we talked about was where I want to live. I mentioned right here in the area I do now- The Guy mentioned how I should focus on moving away from family, the conservativeness of this area, the problems like police response times, the people in the area, and stuff like that. I said for me I have a hard time of stepping out of my comfort zone and to me living in this area is comfortable despite everything he said. He mentioned how the opportunities I want are in large cities like Seattle, LA, NY, San Francisco, and San Diego. I acknowledged that and said I know that, but for me the hard thing is stepping out. We talked more about renting and how it will allow me to save for a large down payment on a house or whatever, how I won't feel bound by having bought a house and feel forced to live in an area my whole life. He also brought up how he knows 1 key piece of information (that I'm gay) and that is hidden from the rest of my family, because he thinks I'd thrive in an area like he lives where it is kind of suburban, but there is a larger gay community, and you will see your friends out and about. I sort of shuddered the way he was describing it like going out with them the night before and then seeing them at the grocery store the next day. Anyways, he was supportive of my plans, thinks I have good ideas, and just gave me new things to think about like renting.

We must have talked for 40-45 minutes. The Guy swam a couple laps in the pool, talked about it being kind of hazy outside, as well as humid, but no too terrible. Then we went inside. We sat and watched an episode or 2 of "Law and Order." He played WOW with his friends Alex and Chuck from back east. I studied for my test in my linguistics class I had today.

Afterward, he ate dinner. I was not hungry. He had a grilled chicken breast and green beans. He went to input that in his calorie calculator thing and obsessed over not having the label from the pasta to be able to keep track of that in his thing. We looked online, couldn't find the brand, the packaging, or anything. We looked at amazon and a bunch of other sites. We spent nearly 30 minutes doing that. It would have taken less time to drive to the Farmer's Market, figure out the brand, then come home. Then he modified his meals and meal portions and discovered he still had 100 or so calories he could eat and was goign to have an orange after he got home from the gym. At about 8p.m. we decided to call it a day and he was going to go the gym to do cardio or something for 20 minutes, and I was going to get home to study.

Suction

The Guy texted me at 12:40 today just after I got home from the grocery store. He wanted to know how I was. A few more texts later and he was inviting me to come over to sandwich it up with him.

When I got over he was laying down and had a headache. He was tired and was in bed at 11:30 last night. He told me everything was in the kitchen and to go ahead and make a sandwich. I did. I ate and came back in and laid down with him. I told him about my day and helping Linda at Circuit City with a home theater system and a new TV. He asked what she got and I told her- a $500 home stereo system for the 13 inch TV in the kitchen and an Onkyo system and Sony TV for the living room. He was upset because of what I said she wanted to do- I knew he would be. He was so upset he had me call Linda and advise her to not put all 5 speakers under the desk in the kitchen and that a 13 inch TV probably doesn't have audio in and outputs. I called and told her to return the stereo system and use the $500 she paid for the theater system for the kitchen and use that money for a new, bigger, digital television. She didn't want The Guy's help though he was offering. He has a master's in computer technologies I found out.

We laid down and slept until about 4p.m. It was so nice to sleep- we were pretty close and the dog was in between.

Afterward, we got up and The Guy felt compelled to buy something. He thought about buying a new head unit for his stereo system in his car, but the updates were so minor he decided against it. We went on Best Buy's website and he was going to buy an ice cream maker, but I told him how there is a core inside them that you have to freeze and then he saw how unhealthy some of the ice cream recipes were. Finally he said he was going to buy a vacuum since he decided a few weeks back his had no suction.

He got up, put the dog in the crate, and decided he was too tired. We let the dog out and laid on the couch watching "Law and Order." We had some beer and cheddar chips while watching TV. He told me that I should go get ice cream and asked how my gas situation was. He said I should take his gas card and go to Arco and fill up my car because I come over there so often. I said no and that was ok. He was also complaining that his head hurt because of the caffeine withdrawals possibly. Then at 6p.m. he said we were going to go to Best Buy. He then said no, he was tired, then decided against it. Then walked outside and said it was too hot, decided against it. I followed him back in. Then he said we can do it and we rushed to the car and got in to go.

In the car he called Aaron on my cell phone since he left his at home to charge. He was saying how he was so excited to buy a vacuum and so on.

We get to Best Buy and look at the Dyson's. There is the model that The Guy has, then there are 2 Dyson ball models- 1 older and 1 newer. The older looked like it had a bigger canister and motor. The idiot at Best Buy helping us claimed that the Dyson Ball The Guy had his heart set on was 11amps- it was maybe 6.5- honestly- the thing has no suction we found out when we got home. The Guy is convinced otherwise- but I saw it didn't pick up pet hair. I am a huge comparison shopper when it comes to anything major I buy. The Guy on the other hand chooses something by expensiveness and newness- if it is expensive it is good. The 11amp Dyson Ball that looked like it could pick up pet hair was $419 on clearance. The Guy wanted the $599 Dyson Ball that could barely pick up anything that he bought.

We stop for ice cream at CVS, but they have none. Their freezers are empty. We go to a yogurt place that just opened next to CVS. An ounce of yogurt is $0.45. We ended up with $13.00 in yogurt. I had the green tea and the acaiberry yogurts. The Guy had lemon and chocolate, and raspberry.

We go home, eat that, then try out the vacuum. It picked up almost nothing. Even when The Guy hasn't vacuumed for a week his old Dyson picked up nearly half a container of dirt whereas this after vacuuming the whole house barely picked up 1/4 of a canister of dirt. The Guy is convinced it is an awesome vacuum. NO. It wasn't.

The Guy still had a headache and so he took Advil. We sat down to some "Law and Order." He was feeling worse and said he thought it was allergies. He asked if my medicine was prescribed for me. I said no it is OTC and he could try some if he wanted. I went out and got him Alavert. We watched another episode of "Law and Order." We saw the episode where Lenny first joined the force.

At 9p.m. I told The Guy I should get going because I had Spanish homework. I was really sad to leave. I just enjoy being with him.

It was 98 today btw. HOT HOT HOT, but beautiful.

He's back with lots of stories- The Guy's attitude, his new find, and 2 nights together

Bad, bad, blogger; I know. That means a long update for you. I have been computerless since last Saturday night/Sunday morning when I was over here at The Guy's house. I was playing WOW with him and The Guy realized on my computer when he was trying to check something that my keyboard on my NEW Mac was not working. I went to the Apple Store Sunday morning and just got my computer back yesterday, Friday, at 4p.m.

I've been using The Guy's Macbook Air this week, so I haven't posted cuz I don't want him to trek onto this... so without further adieu I'm back...

So backtracking to last Saturday, March 29:

The Guy calls me asking if I want to spend an afternoon eating, gaming, and stuff like that. He said he had a surprise for me and I had to guess. A surprise is a broad term you know, so I said he got a new character in WOW, he bought something, and then finally guessed what it was... he had the really yummy hamburgers from the Farmer's Market for us, for dinner.

I get over to his place and we do our usual catching up. The Guy's friend Mike from Oregon just left and so The Guy went to work last Saturday. Then he tells me he got $3,000 back on his taxes. Then he says he wants to go to Europe with $3,000 and asks if I would care for his house for 2 weeks. He said that is a win, win situation for both of us. I'm the only one he would trust to care for his dog for 2 weeks because I can follow his instructions and I'm responsible. He wouldn't even trust his friend Joe who is studying to be a vet. Then he tells me how Mike was inconsiderate about leaving things out, doing things to annoy The Guy, etc.

We game for a while and have pasta for dinner. As I said, The Guy wanted to check something out on my computer and we realize the keyboard has broken, so he goes onto the Apple Store's website and uses his preferred customer type card to get me an appointment Sunday morning.

The Guy notices his dog is licking his ass a lot. I pass it off and say something like "only you would notice that." The more I watched, the more I noticed he was. The Guy does an internet search "dog licking butt" and comes up with a couple problems. Dr. The Guy decided it was his dog's anal glands needing to be drained. We had no clue what anal glands were prior to this. They are 2 pouches in the dog's anus that have the dog's scent. That is why when new dogs meet each other, they smell each other's anus. The dogs usually expel the stuff from their anal glands when they go to the bathroom, but sometimes they need a little help. The Guy tries to express the glands himself and I hold his dog into place. He even IM's Joe to ask what to do. Joe doesn't know, but gives advice. We try for probably 15 minutes and 3-4 times. We were unsuccessful, but after watching youtube videos for this on Sunday morning we were able to get some of the anal gland fluid out. We didn't get a lot in comparison to the videos we watched. The dog smelled soooooooooooooooo bad and it was difficult to sleep with him. The Guy and I woke up several times commenting how stinky the dog was. The Guy made sure that the dog didn't sleep with his ass in his face, but the dog tried to put his ass in my face and I told him NO. HAHA

The Guy I noticed was really kind of snappy and had an attitude like when he was making us brie and bread he said "I didn't know you wanted some," though I always eat some when he does. So he had to make more because he didn't think I was going to have some.

We laid in bed that night and laid fairly close. We got up Sunday morning, both very tired. We woke up about 7 (I think we went to bed about 2a.m.). We tried playing WOW for a while, but went back to bed about 10:00a.m. after eating more brie and bread. He again, was being snappy and had his attitude "I didn't know you wanted any." I got up about 11:45 to take the computer to the Apple Store, and he still had his attitude and refused to go with me. He did call me about 5-6 times though, while I was there making sure that everything was going well and that they were helping me. So he was there to support me, as he said he would be.

I get some New York pizza for us for lunch. I asked him what he wanted and he didn't know. He said pizza finally. The Guy was going to call it in and did. I got to the shop before he called it in though. I go in and ask if there is a pizza ready for The Guy or Mike. They say no. Right after I placed the order- a cheese pizza with extra garlic their phone rings. It was The Guy wanting to order. The man taking the order handed the phone to me and I said I ordered the pizza. He asked how I managed to do that and how he was so sorry for not doing that and how he was a failure. I said it was alright and this was definitely the highlight of my day, because it was funny. I was a little confused why the man was handing me the phone, then to have everyone working in the store laugh was funny.

I go back to his place and we eat. He plays WOW, but he is so tired and his heart is not into it. I leave about 2p.m. when I feel we're kind of tired of each other and tired in general.


TUESDAY APRIL 1:


The guy texts me asking "Monster?" Then he texts back about how he needs it or something and how he can't leave the house. I said I'd see what I could do. I also texted back and asked if all I was good for was bringing him energy drinks. He wrote back saying no, never, I'll never ask for that again. Bad Guy.

I get over to his place about 3p.m., 3 hours after he texted me. I get the energy drinks as well as more of the good burgers at the Farmer's Market before making it to his place.

We hang out in the office talking about things like my dad and I, the letter he wrote to me. The Guy told me to write a letter back, and so I did. Then we play WOW for a little bit, but mostly hang out. We did the dishes and some other random stuff. I was very happy that he told one of the guys on his WOW guild who was 18 who was planning on staying home from school for the 4th or 5th time to play WOW that from an educators standpoint he has to tell him to go to school, and that made me happy.

The Guy paid $600 for a yoga club membership for a year. He saved $150 he bragged. That means he has to go. He belongs to 1 gym, 1 country club, and now the yoga club. He goes to the gym once-3 times a week. The others, well, you guessed- he doesn't go.

As we walked into the living room from the study, there was a spider on the ceiling. The Guy didn't want my shoe to kill it. He wanted a CD container. I gave him a blue ray container, and we had an argument about what the right type of container is right to kill a spider with. When it died he picked it up and then walked past me and shook it around me and I started screaming. It was hilarious and he was having fun taunting me with it. I wasn't scared, I just didn't want it to end up on me.

I tell him about my computer difficulties. I was using my sister's Dell laptop from 2001 that doesn't have WIFI on it, or an ethernet card. He finally persuades me to use his Macbook Air- HIS NEW BABY. He offered it to me on Sunday, but I said NO because I wanted him to use it because he had school on Monday. It is his computer, and I was fine with my sister's computer; though it was probably 10 pounds and carrying it to school was difficult. I was elated to try out the Macbook Air. I promised to take really good care of it.

I leave about 11p.m. and get home at midnight.


THURSDAY APRIL 3

I called The Guy about 6:30p.m. after having an issue with the Apple Store. They said that liquid was found under my keyboard and I was at fault. I have never drank anything around this computer. My mom and I spoke to the technician, as well as the manager of the store about it. Basically the manager said it was my fault. He said the liquid was comparable to me using the computer in a bathroom where it is steamy, or on a dishwasher. It has been used on neither and he said my warranty was now void. So my mom and I fought that and got that somewhat straightened out. The Apple Store at Victoria Gardens is TERRIBLE. NEVER GO THERE. I was texting and calling The Guy to let him know and see if he had any advice. His advice was everything we were already doing, so we were on the right track. Then he asks me what I was doing and if I wanted to come over.

I brought him some Monsters, since he asked. He acted surprised and couldn't believe I brought them, and how I knew he needed some. We sit around in the office playing. I play on his Macbook Pro laptop and he uses the desktop. The Guy's NEW BOYFRIEND, Colton, a Hawaiian guy signs on at his dorm to play WOW. They talk, then some guys we play WOW with ran him through an instance and The Guy was yelling at Colton on WOW, like he yells at me. The Guy then tells the guys we run through the game with that he can do that because he has slept with him, but also he's his boyfriend. I had that hunch that The Guy and Colton were going out, so that confirmed it. Colton is a guy he met off craigslist and I guess they've been going out for about 3 weeks.

The Guy invited Colton to come down, play, and eat. Colton is really tall I noticed. He is probably 6'4'', 150lbs, Hawaiian. He comes in, we sit down, watch "Arrested Development." Colton is able to recite most of the lines and we laugh at the events in the episodes. I see that The Guy likes how Colton can recite lines and stuff from shows, word for word, like him. The Guy barbecues some burgers for us and puts barbecue sauce on them. We eat. It was good. Colton was very engrossed in WOW and rarely looked up from the computer. We chitchatted a little about how mean The Guy is to me when we play WOW. I sit and watch them play because playing WOW on the Macbook Air was very choppy and it lagged.

We lay around until about 12:30a.m. and finally I get ready to go. I figured Colton would stay the night, so I couldn't, though I was tired. I get up and go to the bathroom, and as I leave I see The Guy lean over and put his arms around Colton who was still playing on his computer. That hurt me to see that and I was upset driving home. I knew they were going out, so that wasn't a big deal. I was more hurt just seeing how he was going to get to have sex with The Guy and I wasn't. I was hurt at how The Guy didn't even wait until I left to put his arms around him. Driving home I thought about everything and that helped. I met The Guy as a sex buddy, but he has developed into more. He is a GREAT friend now. He is so easy to talk to, he is such a wonderful support. He is so caring. He is one of my best male friends. I could not ask for more. That alone, is worth everything, even if I don't get any sex from The Guy. Really, it is true. I'm glad to see The Guy has a boyfriend, that Colton is a nice kid, and that The Guy and I are still great friends. I have that boyfriend type relationship with The Guy, which is kind of cool, and I see Colton doesn't. That may change with time, but that I've got to have this makes me feel so fortunate. I accepted long ago that The Guy and I can't be boyfriends because I'm not out to my parents.


FRIDAY APRIL 4- SUNDAY APRIL 6 :

I text, call, and IM The Guy telling him I'm going to go pick up my computer. I text him 30 minutes into my WAIT at the Apple Store at Victoria Gardens to tell him I was still waiting. I spoke to the manager and told her my disappointment in the service and how long I was waiting and she, herself, passed me off to another employee. Anita at the Apple Store at Victoria Gardens is a horrible manager. Hopefully she googles herself and finds herself... haha. I'm calling Apple today to complain. I saw at least 4 sodas, water bottles, and bottles of hand sanitizer on the back counter of the Apple Store and random computers waiting to be repaired sitting out on the back- don't tell me they couldn't have damaged my computer. I shot photos with my camera phone as evidence.

The Guy called right as I was leaving. I waited 45 minutes. He asked if I was going home or coming over. I said I could come over. He said he'd be home shortly, to let myself in, he was taking his dog to have his anal glands expressed. I just barely came in and turned on my computer when he walked in. He looked at the half-assed job they did putting my computer wrist pad on and took a picture of it with his digital camera for me to have as evidence.

The Guy was in the mood to go out. He wanted to get hard drive casings for internal hard drives that he had. He wanted to make them external casings for people at his dad's office. So we went to Best Buy after some hesitation. We found 1 enclosure for $75. FORGET IT. We looked at Mac products, then video games, then he had an idea. He wants to get his parents a system to listen to music in any room of their house. We looked at flat panel monitors for a display so they could see their music and have one in each room. Then we looked at speakers and systems to do this with. The Guy found what he wanted, but wanted to get it online because Best Buy didn't have it in stock. We also looked at Mac computers and The Guy was tempted to buy some 17'' Macbook Pros Best Buy was clearing out for $2,299 instead of $2,799.

Afterward we went to a Chinese food place and ordered $60.00 in takeout. We were both hungry and The Guy said he was going to order a shitload of food because he is hungry, we won't eat half of it, but we want to try it all. We had some type of orange chicken, but it wasn't orange chicken. That was the best one. We had Kung-pao chicken, and a bunch of other chicken and beef dishes. They were all good. The 3 flavor rice was alright with shrimp in it. The shrimp was the best part. We called Aaron to see if he wanted to come over because we haven't talked to him in a long time and we needed someone to help eat the food. He didn't pick up and The Guy left a subtlely sarcastic voicemail message about how he doesn't need us any more, remember us, and how he has a boyfriend. He said he is probably ready to buy a house, settle down, build a picket fence, start making his 2.5 kids, and so on. It was funny.

Back at home we played WOW for a few minutes, but we were just tired of it. WOOOOT!!!! The Guy showed me how to transfer the files from his Macbook Air to my Macbook Pro via his network. Then we looked online for a music system for his parent's house. He found it. It was $999 on Amazon, plus he wanted 2 $350 speakers to go with it. That was $1,700. Then later in the night while surfing randomly online on macrumors there was an advertisement for self help books and The Guy bought $300 in self help/procrastination help books. Linda called me at 9:30p.m. or so saying she used all of my shaving cream. I let the phone go to voicemail and then played it for The Guy. She thought my shaving cream was supposed to lather I guess, but it doesn't. It is a liquid- it is essential oil shaving cream which costs $11.00 per ounce- that's the only thing I've found thusfar to not cause my skin to break out after I shave. The Guy said it sounded good and wanted to try it, so he bought $88.00 worth online. Then he found some collagen boosting formulas and peels he also wanted to try, so he spent another $200 getting that stuff on amazon.com.

The Guy and I laid down into bed about 12:30a.m. He asked me if I was tired and I said yes. He then poked me in the forehead with his finger and said he wasn't. Then he opened his arms and I laid in them. He pushed me down to his dick and I played around with it in his shorts before he took them off. Then once he took them off I sucked on his cock and did it for a while. It was probably the longest I've done it for a while- a good 20 minutes. Then he told me to lube up his cock and ride it. I did. As I was riding it, he held my dick tightly, which felt hot. We switched where I was laying on my back and he was on his knees fucking me and stayed that way for a while. Then he wanted me to suck his dick for a while and he taught me how to deepthroat. I'm not good at it, I didn't really enjoy it, but it was awesome that he was so cool about teaching me. I kept getting my teeth in the way and that caused him a little discomfort, but when there was a huge dick in my mouth and so little room for anything else, what do you expect? Then we went back to fucking. He held my feet up in the air and fucked me and then later positioned himself so I could suck on his nipples while he fucked me. Later, He laid on top of me and just wanted me to relax with his dick in me. We laid there for probably 5 minutes and it felt awesome and I was so relaxed. Loved having him on me- I love body contact. While he was on me, he sucked, licked, and bit my ears, and seriously that was the hottest feeling. We ended with more of me sucking him and him jacking both of us off- he jacked me off with his left hand and used his right to jack himself.

We fell asleep watching a movie he downloaded on iTunes. We woke up at 7:15 to his alarm on his computer. He had to go to work, but told me that I could stay the day and just do laundry. The laundry was already sorted, so all I had to do was put it in when the timers rang. We laid until 8:30 however because he didn't want to get up. He was late for work by then and left at 8:45, getting to work late. While he was gone I just hung around setting up my computer, browsing the blogs, and downloading stuff on iTunes. I also washed off my car and hosed down his carport, which had tons of lint from the dryer and dirt all around.

When he got home, the alarm company for his house came out to get The Guy a new service where he can alarm his house from anywhere and he gets a text message anytime his alarm is set, and all of his friends can have their own unique code. I'll have on in a few days, The Guy is reassuring me so I can get into his house anytime I need. Then at 2p.m., The Mexicans, the 2 guys who clean his house came to clean. They cleaned for over 4 hours!!! They seriously do everything- scrub, vacuum, and sort. They clean out the drawers and organize them in the kitchen, bedroom, and bath. While they were here, we played WOW in the study. The Guy's Mac raid drive wasn't working, so we also called Applecare. We ate the leftover Chinese food for lunch. We sat up The Guy's new wireless-N Airport Extremes and had a little difficulty because they are harder to reset now.

As they were leaving, The Guy said he wants to redo his kitchen. He wanted to paint the kitchen cabinets black, which I said was ugly because it would make the already small kitchen look smaller, his white appliances would stand out, and there were too many colors going on in the house. His kitchen is white and lime green, with maroon trim. The living room is bright orange/yellow with a maroon wall where the TV is. The bathrooms are pink and the master is gray. The study is a dark forest green. The bedroom is gray. The guys agreed. They said he should just reface his cabinets or buy new doors, but Lowes wanted $6,000 for 9 kitchen doors. They said The Guy should do a country style kitchen, which would work with the lime green and his white tile and have glass installed in the kitchen doors. That might work, but it is certainly better than the black The Guy had his heart set on.

We ate some dinner after they left. We had turkey dogs, carrots, and hummus. We played a little WOW, watched some "Law & Order," and he bought some other random stuff on amazon he didn't need. The Guy bought $200 in TV shows (some of which he has on DVD, but is too lazy to add to iTunes like "Arrested Development"). We watched "Transformers" since he rented it on iTunes and The Guy bought me an air freshener from amazon.com like the one shown in the movie. I laughed soooooo hard because I didn't think he was serious about it, but when it gets here, it'll be funny. The Guy also bought "Moses" in honor of Charlton Heston's death and we began to watch that.

At 11:15, The Guy wanted something for dessert and we sat pondering what we wanted. He said donuts. I said no; he said I'm saying no because he'll end up blaming me. I said he was right. He said he could go for the Entennman's Coffee Cake and so we should go to Ralphs for it. He was serious and we got up from the chairs in the study and put the dog in the kennel. We got in the car and drove down the 10 freeway about 5 miles to Ralphs. We went in and got chocolate syrup, mint and chip ice cream, vanilla ice cream, Entennman's Coffee Cake, and the frozen chocolate cake from Claim Jumper (I think?) We bought $25.00 in junk food, only to be thrown out moments later.

We had the best time as we drove there and back on the 10 freeway. It was cold in the cold 55 degree air, with the windows down in the car, sunroof open in his Honda Accord, blasting "Party for Two" by Shania Twain and Billy Currington, as well as "I Just Another Woman in Love" by Anne Murray. Those were the only 2 songs we listened to as we went through The Guy's iPod looking for stuff to listen to. He didn't want a song with a long intro. The Guy sang Shania's part, and I did Billy Currington's. We were throwing our hands and arms up in the air, and everything; they were anywhere but on the steering wheel. There were hand motions, he pointed to himself like when he said "I'm having a party" and then pointed to myself and him when he said "it's only going to be you and me there." We sang Anne Murray together.



We got back and went for the chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Then after we finished that, he insisted we throw out all the junk food, except for the coffee cake, which would be breakfast. We ran it out to the dumpster. Then he called his friend Dan from WOW at work to talk about the game since he e-mailed. Then, as I was thinking of going home, The Guy said we needed to go to bed and watch "Moses." I called my sister's cell phone and left her a message that it was late, had a long day, and was tired, so was staying the night rather than wake everyone up since it was past midnight. We went to bed at 12:00a.m. and fell asleep watching "Moses." It was a long show and by 1:30a.m., they still weren't out of Egypt and so we both just fell asleep. We woke up at 7:15 this morning, though I was still tired and wanting to sleep.

We haven't gone too far- we've played WOW all day and watched "Lord of the Rings," and "Sabrina (1950s movie)." It is now 3p.m. and we're taking a break from WOW. We just had lunch, which was hummus, precut chicken strips, and turkey dogs. The Guy had the whole WOW guild yelling at me this morning because The Guy respecked the shaman I play back to a healer. He was a tanker before, and a healer a few weeks back. He was now a healer and I was a little rusty playing him. Yesterday I played the Warlock that The Guy just bought for $1,000 off of someone. I let the whole group die anyways since I didn't know where any of the keys were for the weapons and spells. That has been the joke all day about what a good shaman I am and they've been making fun of me. Before we broke for lunch though, we ran an instance in Ramparts and everyone lived.

Wrap-up of the last couple days with The Guy

Thursday I dog sat for The Guy because he asked me to and I had the day off work. I only had to dog sit for 2-3 hours, which was perfect because I was able to work that afternoon when I got called to. I got to his house about 8a.m. and woke him up. He got ready putting his computer in his car and taking out all the extra RAM in it so he could take it to work. While he drove to work we talked on the phone and he got a speeding ticket for doing 85 on the freeway. When he got home about 2 1/2 hours later I was asleep on the couch. I hadn't slept much this week. We talked and took his dog outside to walk around. Then we laid down and napped for about 45 minutes since we were both tired.

Friday at 11a.m. I got a text asking "you know what WOW, nonfat milk, and energy drinks have in common?" I replied "party at The Guy's house?" and also "no clue." He responded with things you need to bring before you come over. I was in a surprisingly chipper mood and was starving. I was at home and had just baked cookies that morning, so I got a bag of cookies together and took them, then texted him asking if he wanted Chipotle. He said YES!!!!

I waited in the really long line for our food at Chipotle. Then I got him the milk and energy drinks. Went to his place and I was the man! He was so excited that I brought not only the drinks, but Chipotle, and dessert. We sat and ate. I sat at the end of his feet on the couch for about 2 hours with him watching "Law and Order." Then we delved into WOW. I did pretty well The Guy said, though he kept shouting commands at me telling me what to do. It was funny. I was joking with him that he is damaging my self esteem and everytime he does this I spend the night crying myself to sleep. He asked if I was serious and I broke out into fake tears and said yes, then reassured him, no.

We had tuna sandwiches for dinner. The Guy didn't have any pickle relish, so he chopped up pickles, which was funny. The Guy also told me I was going to stay the night as a thank you for pet sitting the previous day while we were standing in the kitchen eating. I needed that and had told my mom's friend Linda, with whom I'm staying with this week that I would not be home. She is the one who was so concerned at the beginning of summer I was hanging out with male friends and went places with male friends. Basically I told her in my family I call my parents if I'm not coming home that night, and they respect that. I told her I hoped she would do the same, and she did. There were objections on her end and she was wanting to worry about me, but I didn't let her. I just merely called, told her I was staying the night, and she told me if there were any girls around to not sleep in the same bed as them. That was an easy rule to follow.

I quit WOW about 1:00a.m. after becoming frustrated because I was killing stuff and not getting credit for it in the game- the server was acting up or something. The Guy was doing something totally different in the game with a friend. Finally when The Guy said he was about ready for bed at 2:00a.m. I went into his room a few moments before him and laid down in bed and was fake crying. He asked what was wrong and I told him I was crying over all of the comments he made toward my playing abilities and things of that sort. He laughed and hit me with the pillow, then he hugged me. He was joking and told me that I really did suck. His dog lay in between us during the night and we both woke up a couple times to get the dog to stop licking his balls and stitches from when he was neutered the other day.

We got up at 8a.m. after The Guy's friend Rush texted him after he got off work telling him to get online and play. We got up and ran around doing instances with level 66 stuff, so I got credit, so I could go up a level. We did that for a while. Then The Guy's dad called wanting to know why he hasn't been at work all week and The Guy made up a BS story he was at home, in the online ordering program right now that his dad's company uses testing it. His dad also questioned him about why The Guy hadn't given him copies of his student loans, etc. for his parents to pay. Once that was handled we finished the instance, then took a break.

The Guy went in the office to buy dog food on amazon.com (he bought 5, 24 pack cases of can dog food), and paid $40 in shipping, when he could have driven 3-4 miles to Petco. Anyways, he did that, then called the Apple store about a video card for the computer he brought home from the office that wasn't working. They didn't have the card because you can only buy them online. The Guy decided the OS on the computer may be the problem, so looked for his Leopard disk to reinstall it. Couldn't find it, we tore up the house looking for it, so he wasn't happy. We went to Best Buy for a new copy. While on the way to Best Buy, The Guy was talking about how if he were this age and straight, he'd be married, not worried about his weight, he wouldn't have to worry about shedding a few extra pounds. I just rubbed his shoulder and told him he looked hot, to not put himself down. The Guy got the disk at Best Buy, some gaming headphones, and Skittles. In the car he made fun of me for eating each Skittle color by color (green first, then yellow, then orange, red, and purple- best for last). The Guy also learned from a Mac Specialist at Best Buy that he could get his Apple Certification License to be able to make warranty repairs on computers, like at his dad's office, and sign off on that. The Guy might look into it.

We drove to the liquor store down the street from The Guy's house for energy drinks and water. When we walked in, we thought there was going to be a robbery. There was a black guy in a bandana, yelling obscenities to the 2 guys who work there, and yelling at us. The guy was saying the workers were faggots, that they probably stand behind the counter with their dicks rubbing together, probably had HIV, etc. The Guy and I stood at the back of the store, and he called the police. Then the black guy said we were the faggot customers, etc. etc. The Guy said gosh and looked like he was going to cry and was really upset. Then after 3-4 minutes, the black guy walked out and the younger worker called the cops. The Guy and I went to pay and The Guy apologized to both of the workers who looked like they were going to cry. Everyone who works at the liquor store is super sweet- it is an older Jewish guy (I think) and his 2 kids. The Guy said he was so sorry for these guys having to put up with that, that he is probably the one who has HIV since the black population tends to have higher HIV rates and the guys working agreed and said thanks. Driving away, The Guy and I looked for the black guy who the police had already got to and was at the bus stop down the street from The Guy's house. The Guy got the number off of the liquor store receipt and called to tell the guys that the black guy was being questioned by police. The Guy then wanted to do something for the guys to make them feel better, so we went to Bakers Square and bought them hamburgers and brought them. They were shocked and surprised, and thanked him. See, this is why I love The Guy, he has the biggest heart and goes out of his way to be nice to people.

Back at his house, The Guy played around with the different hard drives in the computer and reinstalled Leopard. He called AppleCare to get a new video card for this computer instead of spending the $370 out of his own money like he had planned. The Guy also called his brother who plays WOW to ask why he wasn't playing. His brother will play with us later he said. The Guy went on his brother's WOW account and added a game card, but also took his brother's credit card number out, and put his own in to bill HIS account for the whole year, not his brothers. Again, what a nice brother. Seriously, my sister would never do anything like that for me, although I would for her. The Guy told him that I was going to play, and that was reason to also. We played around afterward watching Apple movie trailers.

Then at 3:15p.m. we went back to WOW. We finished leveling my character to 67, which took a good 2-3 hours. We kept trading computers every few minutes during some of the quests because I didn't know what spells and techniques The Guy wanted me to use to kill the stuff, some of the stuff was also real difficult to kill, and so I played The Guy's level 70 character. His character is easy- you just press one button on the keyboard over and over, whereas I have to lay down 3-5 totems, then use 2 other keys to attack the enemy, so my job is considerably harder. During a couple breaks we had, The Guy got up to go to the kitchen. Then he came over to me once and leaned down and moved my computer. He pulled down his pants and stuck his dick in my mouth. I sucked him off in the middle of his living room. It was still light outside and if someone had been at the door, would have seen. HAHA. He leaned over and played with my dick, which was in my pants while I was sucking him. He came back 2-3 times for blowjobs, which was funny. Then afterward I laughed and he asked what was so funny. I said nothing, I just thought that was funny and hot in the middle of the living room.

About 8 or 9 we started a group with all of his friends who were online. I decided to just heal in this instance. That meant I could hang back without having to be up in there, doing all the killing. I did pretty well, and The Guy agreed saying he thinks I had found my calling. One character Mag died because he kept getting out of my line of sight, so I couldn't heal him. Ami died once because I was under attack, as were they. I reincarnated myself and went back to healing. Then about 10:30, while still playing the same instance, The Guy told everyone to get in a little room in the game, everyone did, we were all under attack and I was tossing out group heals, but it wasn't enough. I died, The Guy died, then all of the characters we were playing with except for Diz, who somehow managed to escape. The characters we were playing with were all level 40-55 or so and the instance was for level 55. We all went to the graveyard to resurrect ourselves and decided to call it a night, because it was 10:30 and the instance was still not done, but it was late.

I got home at 11:00 from THe Guy's. My mom's friend was shocked I was gone for so long, but I reassured her everything was normal and this is how it is with my family. They know I have a cell phone and if there is a problem or need to know where I am, call me. My mom's friend did call me about 7p.m. while I was giving The Guy a blowjob to say it was hailing where she was. I did call her back and just told her it was raining and that I'd talk to her later.